The capital, also known as Colbrook Town, is 13 km south of the airport. The road to Governor's Harbour is dotted with old grain elevators. These are the last remaining evidence of what was once a local agricultural activity that quickly declined. It stretches out around a wide, sheltered bay with calm, turquoise waters and rises up a gentle hill overlooking the bay. Everything here breathes an art of living in slow motion that nothing seems to be able to disturb. The bi-weekly arrivals of mail-boats spice up daily life a little, but the excitement quickly fades and languor takes over, except on Friday evening when the Fish Fry opens its doors. Nevertheless, the island's capital is home to the local government, whose buildings can be recognized by their pink colour, and it is the island's main inhabited centre outside Harbour Island. Hotels, restaurants and shops are concentrated here. Among the sights is the Haynes Library, a charming pink stone building, which is one of the few surviving examples from the colonial period. It houses the local library and dates from 1897. On the edge of the bay, one notices a pretty church with a modest appearance and blue-ringed openings; it is St. Patrick's Anglican Church. Governor's Harbour reveals its secrets only to those who take the time to discover it by walking around and meeting its inhabitants.

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